Michael Despotopoulos
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EDUCATION
University of Oxford (Pembroke College)
MSc in Computer Science Oct 2013 - Oct 2014
• Master Thesis: Social Media Prediction via Sentiment Analysis
Athens University of Economics and Business
Bachelor in Computer Science Mar 2010 - Mar 2013
• GPA 8.32 (top 3%)
• Bachelor Thesis: Data Analysis in Sponsored Search Auctions
• Chosen as Computer Science Labs System Administrator. Main responsibilities: System
Maintenance, Software Installation, User Administration and Technical Support
Technological Educational Institute of Epirus
Bachelor in Agricultural Technology Oct 2001 - Oct 2007
• Bachelor Thesis: Inclusion procedure in organic farming programmes in Greece. Organic product
certification bodies
WORK EXPERIENCE
Accenture, Athens, Greece Oct 2012 – Oct 2013
Software Engineer
• Oracle Service Bus Team at telecommunications leader in Greece
o Integrated 16 systems for more than 50 business events in less than a month
• Integration Team at leading multinational telecommunications company in Romania
o Requirement and gap analysis for CRM Transformation Project
• Integration Team at leading multinational telecommunications company in Greece
o Designing and implementing components for Order Management in Oracle Service Bus and
Oracle SOA Suite for CRM and Billing Transformation Project
o Database Monitoring and Testing various environments
o Key Technologies: Oracle Service Bus, SOA, BPEL, Oracle Database
Oracle, Athens, Greece Jul 2012 – Sept 2012
Associate Middleware Consultant, Intern
• Developed customizations for Oracle Identity Manager product at major bank in Greece
• Developed new batch jobs which led to an improved and more efficient management of the
programming environment
• Key Technologies: Java, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle WebLogic
Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece Dec 2008 – Jan 2010
Directorate of Museum Studies and Cultural Buildings
Computer Operator/IT Support
• Contributed to the organization and implementation of the directorate’s ISO certification
• Improved the directorate’s official web site by optimizing presentation techniques
Greek Navy, Crete, Greece Nov 2007 – Nov 2008
Fuel Supply Service
Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece Jul 2006 – Oct 2007
Directorate for the Restoration of Ancient Monuments
Computer Operator/IT Support
• Supported the e-protocol management by registering the incoming and outcoming correspondence
TECHNICAL SKILL SET
Programming Languages: Java, C++, SQL, Scala
Web Development: JSP, XHTML/CSS, XML, XPath/XQuery, Web Services
Middleware: Oracle Service Bus, Oracle Identity Manager
Version Control: SVN, Git
RDBMS: MS SQL Server, Oracle Database
Application Servers: Oracle WebLogic
Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, various Linux distributions
MEMBERSHIPS - INTERESTS
• Invigilator at City & Guilds, English exams
• ACM member
• Music composition, guitar, music technology, tennis, jogging
LANGUAGES Native Greek, Fluent English, Basic Italian